Overview
- Defence teams for psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, psychologist Carlos Díaz and neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque formally asked the Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal N.º 7 in San Isidro to absolve their clients during closing arguments this week.
- Cosachov’s lawyers blamed Swiss Medical for obstructing or abandoning domiciliary care and said incomplete information from the insurer prevented proper treatment, citing messages and audio from the case record.
- Luque’s defence argued he was not in charge of the home care, described Maradona as cardiologically healthy, and called the prosecution’s case an error while asking for acquittal or the minimum sentence if convicted.
- Prosecutors have sought multi‑year prison terms for several defendants—requesting roughly 12 years for Luque and lower terms for others—while recommending absolution for clinician Pedro Di Spagna; nurses and coordinators are still presenting their defences.
- Central issues for the judges to resolve are whether Maradona died from an acute, unforeseeable cardiac event or from avoidable omissions, who effectively organized and supervised the home‑care plan, and how forensic and expert evidence should be weighed.